. The Street railway journal . the Crouse-Hinds Company, ofSyracuse, N. Y. The carbons are set at an angle of 45 degs.,instead of 90 degs., thus exposing allthe rays to the reflector to the bestadvantage, making the light strongerand avoiding the shadow caused bythe upper carbon holder in the verti-cal carbon type lamp. The drawings of the arc and feed-ing of the carbon is done automatic-ally by the upper carbon holder,which is a simple arrangement of afloating clutch raised by a powerfulmagnet. The lower carbon is heldfirmly by a clutch, and is raised orlowered by a hand wheel, which canbe re
. The Street railway journal . the Crouse-Hinds Company, ofSyracuse, N. Y. The carbons are set at an angle of 45 degs.,instead of 90 degs., thus exposing allthe rays to the reflector to the bestadvantage, making the light strongerand avoiding the shadow caused bythe upper carbon holder in the verti-cal carbon type lamp. The drawings of the arc and feed-ing of the carbon is done automatic-ally by the upper carbon holder,which is a simple arrangement of afloating clutch raised by a powerfulmagnet. The lower carbon is heldfirmly by a clutch, and is raised orlowered by a hand wheel, which canbe reached through a hole in the adjustment of the carbon con-trols the position of the arc, whichonly needs adjustment after burningeight hours to ten reflector is made of aluminum, has a diameter of 12 ins.,is parabolic in shape, and constantly reflects the light a long dis-tance ahead as well as covering the track near the car. The incandescent lamp is attached to the inside of the door, FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE. ARC HEADLIGHT thereby utilizing the one reflector for both arc and incandes-cent light, and not interfering with the arc light. A switch,placed in the vestibule of the car, and operated at the will ofthe motorman, controls either light. The whole arrangementis very compact and simple. The Woronoco Street Railway Company, of Westfield, Mass.,has plans for numerous improvements at Pequot Park beforethe opening of next season. January 2, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 39 THE ARNOLD ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC RAILWAY SYSTEM ASEMPLOYED ON THE LANSING, ST. JOHNS& ST. LOUIS RAILWAY BY B. J. ARNOLD As many of yjotfr readers know I have persistently advo-cated the use^rjf the alternating current directly in the motorsfor eleptfic railways for several years (see TransactionsAmerican Institute of Electrical Engineers joint meeting with-line British Institution of Electrical Engineers, Paris, Aug. 16,1900; Niagara Falls Convention, Aug. 24, 1901; Great Barring-ton, Mass., Ju
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